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Cape Town South Africa
Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 30-09-2009
Situated on the West Coast of South Africa, near L’agulles, is Cape Town, which forms the most Southern point of the African continent. Many consider this area one of the most beautiful parts of the world due to its well-known and most miraculous Table Mountain. Cape Town’s costal location lends itself to a moderate climate experiencing rainfall in the winter and very strong seasonal winds. The city’s inhabitants are known for their laid-back attitude, which contributes to the Cape’s cultural heritage.
The History Of Cape Town
An interesting piece of information about the “Cape of Good Hope” – It was called “The Cape of Storms” earlier by Bartolomeus Dias, who arrived here in 1488. Ten years later, the famous Portugal traveler Vasco de Gama arrived here, the Portuguese monopolized their trade with the countries in the East and the Europeans got used with the khoi-khoi. This could be one of the basic reasons for the cultural diversity of Cape Town. From 1652, Cape Town served as the transit spot for the ships to refill their food and water reserves, once Jan Van Riebeek had setup a permanent settlement, which facilitated the Eastern trade to a great extent. The increasing need for food for the passing ships led to the cultivation of crops in the area and thus the employment of Slaves for doing cultivation jobs. These slaves migrated from various cultures and also played a major role in the Cape’s diversity of cultural heritage.
Tourism
The Cape has a good variety of ethnic music, along with African dancers, which can be witnessed at the St George’s Mall. There one can find good traditional African music performed with instruments such as bongo drums, xylophones and flutes. On the first day of January the streets of Cape Town will be filled with rich cultural activity of the “Kaapse Klopse” or Coon Carnival. This annual parade consists of 20,000 people who will dance and sing, performing traditional tunes to start the New Year on a positive note. This time of the year is famous for the singing of the Cape’s Malay choirs and many church choirs, which forms a distinct part of the music and cultural heritage of Cape Town.
Tourists will also find the cheap Cape Town car hire deals very attractive.
Architecture And Robben Island
Cape Town is made up of various architectural designs mainly British, Dutch and a more modern African style. The ancient Cape-Dutch buildings are an fascinating scenery to look at and displays the cultural legal in the city. Poor Africans, who can’t pay for a descent place to live, use unique designs and materials to construct their homes and this procedure is known as shack chic. The city also offers its tourists a dynamic boat trip to Robben Island. Robben Island was a place that was used during Apartheid to lock up political prisoners. Nelson Mandela was housed there for more than 27 years, and later on he ended up being the president in South Africa. Many other politicians in South Africa were also locked up there because they supported anti- apartheid. Currently, Robben Island is a museum that depicts the mistakes that have been previously made by the apartheid era.
The Castle Of Good Hope And Table Mountain
Located in the Cape Town city center are the Castle of Good Hope, a major tourist attraction and the oldest surviving stone building in South Africa. Tourists will find an interesting museum and restaurant, as well as the Western Cape’s Military headquarters located within. Visitors can relax and enjoy Cape Town’s well-known “flat mountain” while traveling by cable car to the top of the mountain for excellent dining and an outstanding view.
Cape town is a great tourist spot and if you are planning to visit the city soon, you’ll find that the great deals on car rentals just as attractive. It is a great tourist spot for anyone because of diversified music, people, food and architecture and also, the city provides their visitors all the comfort like hotels, lodges, guesthouses, bed, breakfast or even back backpackers.
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